I have an Abit f4tality motherboard... apparently it's capable of supporting up to 32 gb of RAM. I just have 4 in there right now, and Windows XP Pro 32 bit.

From what I understand Windows XP 32 bit will not recognize more than 3.5 gb of RAM, but 64 bit OS's will.

So, could I buy, say, 8 gb of RAM, and use XP 64 bit? Newegg has got 64 bit XP with SP2 for just 140 bucks. Have any of you used XP 64? Is it just like normal XP in regards to stability, less stable, more stable? Should I just jump up to Vista? Wait for Windows 7?

Drivers may be a problem for XP x64, less so for Vista x64. I'm still using XP 32-bit so I can't say from experience. If you get 64-bit XP make sure you are not getting the Itanium version.

What app do you have that needs more than 2 GB of process space?

I have a core 2 duo... the 6550 which is a new enough processor I figure it supports 64 bit... amiright?

I can't think of a reason to have that much RAM, but I sure would like to go, HEY, LOOK AT ME. LOOK AT MY EPENIS. IT'S HUGE! Will it help with multitasking though? I was always under the impression that it would.

Any Core 2 Duo or Quad should do 64-bit, but I thought the Abit f4tality was an AMD board?

64-bit XP is probably not worth the hassle just for the dram-epenis bragging rights and definitely not (yet) for games :) it's not going to make any performance difference unless you have a process hitting 2 GB and are actually swapping. I avoided putting more than 2 GB in my XP boxes even though they can all take 8 GB.

Now if you have a big database or webserver on it, then yeah, it's worth loading it up with memory and running 64-bit Linux or FreeBSD or Windows... our database is on an 8 GB Q6600 (FreeBSD/amd64) and the database process uses about 6.5 GB of that by itself.

(Another random point because I just knocked the power cord outta my laptop: if you use hibernate mode, more ram = slower sleep/wake times)

I seem to have a virus on my computer, please help! I've ran a virus scan on my computer, and it eliminated a threat, however, I still can't access Fox News for some reason (I guess that's not entirely a bad thing). Google searches won't work either(i click the link and it brings me to a random website!)

It's unlikely for a virus to cause that.But...If you're running XP run this.If you're on Vista open a command prompt as admin (click start, type cmd in the search box, right click cmd shortcut, select "run as administrator") and run net sh int ip reset and reboot the pc.

I put my laptop to sleep whenever I'm not using it, but I try not to let it hibernate. With 2GB of RAM and what must be a 4200 RPM drive, it sucks. It takes a minute to minute to come back from hibernate (sleep is almost instant).

No_47:It's unlikely for a virus to cause that.But...If you're running XP run this.If you're on Vista open a command prompt as admin (click start, type cmd in the search box, right click cmd shortcut, select "run as administrator") and run net sh int ip reset and reboot the pc.

Maybe reboot your router/modem thingy, too

No it's definitely a virus. My computer is randomly playing metallica songs that I don't have on my computer, without any programs open. I can't open anti-virus websites, or even run installers without it coming back "this is not a valid win32 app"

jebusfreak:No it's definitely a virus. My computer is randomly playing metallica songs that I don't have on my computer, without any programs open. I can't open anti-virus websites, or even run installers without it coming back "this is not a valid win32 app"

Your computer is showing signs of both self-awareness and horrifically bad taste. I recommend putting a silicone stake though it's CPU and then hacking off the power supply with an axe just to be sure.

$100,000 X (1 + .06) ^ 3 is the equation that I have (this is a sample from a real estate site, I don't have anywhere near 100,000 dollars).

So, I open up Calculator and check out the scientific functions. I ended up putting the amount that I have, *, (1+.02), x^y, 1, and =, will this let me just keep hitting the = and get a run down after how many years I'll have X amount? For example, = four times is after 4 years? I mean, I see numbers but I couldn't tell if they're right.

TehNachowill this let me just keep hitting the = and get a run down after how many years I'll have X amount?

No idea.

BUT..I couldn't tell if they're right.

..there I can help you if you have a calculator that has a logarithm function (log, lg, ln,.. doesn't matter):The (compund) interest formula you are using is:endCapital=startCapital(1+interest)^runtime

Windows vista print functionality is quite frankly the shiattiest piece of crap Ive ever witnessed. I could probably find video of a fat mexican taking a diahreah jalapeno dump in the tijuana sewer and not feel as dirty as I do when forced to mess with vista.

nosajghoul:Windows vista print functionality is quite frankly the shiattiest piece of crap Ive ever witnessed. I could probably find video of a fat mexican taking a diahreah jalapeno dump in the tijuana sewer and not feel as dirty as I do when forced to mess with vista.Fark you MS.

I don't know what that has to do with us, but I'm guessing it's a user issue. What's the problem?

anyone have any good host-based firewall software suggestions? we're trying to completely lock down a user at work who will be getting a laptop and an aircard. we need to be able to block outgoing traffic to all sites except the few sites we approve to be visited.

No_47:Is it a Vista machine?The parental controls can do that. They're pretty good.

nope, XP. and the Windows Firewall in XP only blocks incoming requests from accessing your computer/programs, not outgoing requests and individual websites.we're going to look into just editing the HOSTS file, but i'm not sure if that'll be enough for our security auditors.